Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Putin tells Russia security service to battle racism

President Vladimir Putin told Russia's main spy agency on Wednesday to halt the spread of extremism and racism in Russia ahead of this year's elections.

"It is not only important to ensure the rule of law and order, but also to safeguard society from attempts to inject extremist and racist ideas", Putin told senior officials of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in a speech. (Reuters)